Written answers
Tuesday, 2 March 2010
- Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources
- Telecommunication Services
Question 59: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the position regarding the introduction of a one-stop-shop to improve the provision of broadband infrastructure...
- Alternative Energy Projects
Question 60: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources his plans to amend the Gate 3 system to facilitate commercially viable new wind farm proposals getting grid...
- Electricity Generation
Question 61: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources his plans to address the issue of windfall profits being made by electricity generators on the back of charging...
- Telecommunications Services
Question 62: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the steps he is taking to provide broadband coverage to areas not serviced by the national broadband scheme; and...
- Alternative Energy Projects
Question 63: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources his plans to combine heat and power in public buildings; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10206/10]
- Proposed Legislation
Question 64: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources his plans to introduce legislation to facilitate the development of offshore wind energy; and if so the...
- Telecommunications Sector
Question 65: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources his plans to instruct ComReg to allow open access to all publicly and privately owned infrastructure. [10176/10]
- Broadcasting Services
Question 66: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the target date for the switch off of analogue television broadcast services. [10158/10]
- Electric Vehicles
Question 68: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if he has worked on securing a memorandum of understanding with any new manufacturers with a view to supplying...
- Digital Terrestrial Television
Question 71: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the position regarding the provision of commercial digital terrestrial television here and the ongoing...
- Departmental Agencies
Question 72: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if the annual accounts for 2008 of the Central Fisheries Board have been published and laid before Dáil...
- Telecommunications Services
Question 73: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if ComReg will be given powers to issue a regulatory limit on contention in relation to broadband or the way...
- Electricity Grid
Question 74: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the position regarding the North South Interconnector; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10134/10]
- Proposed Legislation
Question 75: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources his plans to introduce legislation to facilitate geothermal combined heat and power projects; and if so the time...
- Broadcasting Services
Question 76: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the position regarding the establishment of a television channel dedicated to the proceedings of the Houses of...
- Telecommunications Services
Question 77: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the way he plans to combat the digital divide; if he is satisfied that persons who wish to learn how to use the...
- Postal Services
Question 78: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if the decision on the type of postcode to be implemented was made prior to the tender process; and if he will...
- Energy Regulation
Question 79: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources when he plans to change the regulatory model for setting the price of domestic household electricity in order to...
- Telecommunications Services
Question 80: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the steps he is taking to provide high speed broadband services in urban areas; and if he will make a statement...
- Energy Regulation
Question 81: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources his views on ensuring that tariffs for domestic gas cylinders are brought under the remit of the Energy...
- Telecommunications Services
Question 82: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if he will seek a strategic partnership with Eircom under the new Singapore Technologies Telemedia partnership...
- Broadcasting Services
Question 84: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the position regarding the free to air BBC services here in view of statements (details supplied) following the...
- Energy Resources
Question 85: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the position regarding fuel mix here; the percentage of fossil fuels that were imported in 2009; and if he will...
- Telecommunications Services
Question 90: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources his views on the Davy Report that pointed to the failures of investment in our telecoms sector as a major...
- Energy Efficiency
Question 91: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the progress made to date on the implementation of the National Energy Efficiency Action Plan which was...
- Bio-Fuels Industry
Question 92: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the position regarding the European led sustainability criteria in relation to bio-fuels; the way he envisages...
- Broadcasting Services
Question 94: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if he will clarify his press statement on 27 January 2010 in relation to Play TV; the way he plans to deal with...
- Telecommunications Services
Question 95: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the degree to which high speed high quality broadband is available throughout the country at present; the areas...
- Energy Programmes
Question 96: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the position regarding the €40 million that was unspent for sustainable energy programmes in 2009; and if he...
- Telecommunications Services
Question 97: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the cost and timeframe for the completion of the national broadband scheme. [10142/10]
- Energy Costs
Question 100: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the timeframe for the energy affordability strategy; the form this strategy will take; the way he plans to...
- Energy Policy
Question 101: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the position regarding the energy related targets in the Programme for Government 2007; the current position in...
- Energy Resources
Question 103: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the position regarding the legal action taken by the European Commission in 2009 on concerns over Ireland's...
- Departmental Websites
Question 104: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the number of websites being run under the remit of his Department; the cost of setting up each website; the...
- Departmental Programmes
Question 105: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources when the national energy efficiency retrofit programme will be launched in view of the difficulties (details...
- Radio Broadcasting
Question 106: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the amount of money that has been spent on digital radio here; the position regarding the project; if he will...
- Electricity Grid
Question 107: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the position regarding the Grid 25 project; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10141/10]
- Electricity Generation
Question 108: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources further to Parliamentary Question No. 95 of 26 January 2010 the number of persons who have signed up to the ESB...
- Department of An Taoiseach
- Central Statistics Office
Question 109: To ask the Taoiseach the reason for the 19% increase, from €48,572,000 to €57, 832,000, in the estimated expenditure by the Central Statistics Office between 2009 and 2010; and...
- Unemployment Levels
Question 110: To ask the Taoiseach the number of persons under 25 years who are unemployed on the quarterly national household survey that do not hold a leaving certificate qualification on a...
- Central Statistics Office
Question 111: To ask the Taoiseach the persons who represent Ireland at the United Nations Washington Group on Statistics; the State agencies, bodies or organisations that they represent; their...
- Unemployment Levels
Question 113: To ask the Taoiseach the most recent unemployment figures for Tallaght, Dublin 24; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10118/10]
- Employment Levels
Question 114: To ask the Taoiseach the number of persons from the most recent Quarterly National Household Survey under 25 years who are self-employed; the percentage of persons in work under...
- Departmental Staff
Question 115: To ask the Taoiseach the number of posts unfilled in his Department because of the embargo on recruitment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10296/10]
- Departmental Expenditure
Question 116: To ask the Taoiseach the amount of expenditure incurred in the period 1 January 2009 to 31 December 2009 by his Department and also offices, agencies and any other bodies falling...
- Departmental Staff
Question 117: To ask the Taoiseach the number and grade of staff who qualified for performance related pay prior to that payment being abolished in his Department; and the pay scales appropriate...
- Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment
- FÁS Training Programmes
Question 118: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the cost of providing 10,000 free information technology skills training places to bring participants up to...
- Employment Support Services
Question 119: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the employment schemes or grants available for a community newspaper (details supplied); if any subsidised...
- FÁS Training Programmes
Question 120: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the number of persons who have been taken off the live register to complete the GI1 and GID gas installation...
- Redundancy Payments
Question 125: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if her attention has been drawn to the eight month delay in her Department's response in paying rebates due...
- Globalisation Adjustment Fund
Question 126: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if she is involved in the release of funds from the European Globalisation Fund; when a course (details...
- Employment Rights
Question 127: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if her attention has been drawn to the working conditions of some employees on board international cruise...
- Work Permits
Question 128: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the position regarding an application in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Clare; and if she...
- Business Regulation
Question 129: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if, in view of the commitment to cut the administrative cost of regulation by 25% by 2012, the baseline cost...
- International Agreements
Question 131: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he will support the campaign to suspend the trade agreement with Colombia in view of the treatment of...
- Departmental Agencies
Question 132: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if FÁS made a request to her Department to facilitate term-time leave of absence arrangements; her response...
- Company Takeovers
Question 133: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the law as it stands on the potentially predatory acquisition of shares in a company by a direct and hostile...
- Redundancy Payments
Question 134: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the position regarding a redundancy claim in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare. [10090/10]
- Company Closures
Question 135: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the number of enterprises, commercial and manufacturing, that went into liquidation in the past five years;...
- Social Media
Question 136: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment her plans to introduce the wider use of social media; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [10151/10]
- FÁS Training Programmes
Question 137: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the number of participants in the FÁS work placement programme in 2009; the projected number of participants...
- Employment Levels
Question 138: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the number of persons under 25 years who are self-employed; the percentage of persons in work under the age...
- Departmental Staff
Question 139: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the number of posts unfilled in her Department because of the embargo on recruitment; and if she will make a...
- Business Regulation
Question 140: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if her attention has been drawn to the fact that businesses who operate as sole traders rather than as...
- Departmental Agencies
Question 141: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the number of staff at each State agency under the aegis of her Department; the cost of employment for each...
- Departmental Expenditure
Question 145: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the amount of expenditure incurred in the period 1 January 2009 to 31 December 2009, by her Department and...
- Departmental Staff
Question 146: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the number and grade of staff who qualified for performance related pay prior to that payment being abolished...
- Proposed Legislation
Question 147: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the action she has taken regarding the reorganisation of the National Consumer Agency and the Competition...
- County Enterprise Boards
Question 148: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the reason she has reduced the financial allocation to Galway County and City Enterprise Board by 34%; if her...
- Department of Finance
- Labour Market Activation Measures
Question 149: To ask the Minister for Finance if he will look at the feasibility of establishing a public sector internship exchange programme with other EU states whereby young unemployed...
- National Conference Centre
Question 150: To ask the Minister for Finance the cost of the National Conference Centre to the Exchequer to date; the cost to the private partner; the reason the Exchequer must pay an annual...
- Tax Code
Question 151: To ask the Minister for Finance his plans regarding a review of tax incentives to be put in place in respect of work to be carried out under Limerick regeneration; when he expects...
- Proposed Legislation
Question 152: To ask the Minister for Finance when he will introduce the necessary legislation for the European Union's flood directive which comes into effect in 2010; and if he will make a...
- Tax and Social Welfare Codes
Question 153: To ask the Minister for Finance the steps he has taken to improve communication between the Commission for Taxi Regulation and the Revenue Commissioners to stamp out issues of tax...
- Public Sector Pay
Question 154: To ask the Minister for Finance if he will reply to correspondence (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9921/10]
- Tax Code
Question 155: To ask the Minister for Finance when the carbon tax on solid fuel will come into effect; the way that this tax will apply; the rate of this tax; and if he will make a statement on...
- Tax Clearance Certificates
Question 158: To ask the Minister for Finance the reason a C2 certificate has not yet been approved for a person (details supplied) despite providing all the necessary documentation; and if he...
- Departmental Staff
Question 161: To ask the Minister for Finance the number and grade of staff who qualified for performance related pay prior to that payment being abolished in each Government Department; and the...
- Fiscal Policy
Question 162: To ask the Minister for Finance if he gave consent for additional borrowing for the Dublin Docklands Development Authority to engage in its purchase of the Irish Glass Bottle site...
- Business Closures
Question 163: To ask the Minister for Finance the number of individuals' businesses across all sectors that have advised the Revenue Commissioners that they have ceased trading in the past 12...
- Conservation Projects
Question 164: To ask the Minister for Finance the number of restoration projects currently being undertaken by the Office of Public Works. [10148/10]
- Pension Provisions
Question 165: To ask the Minister for Finance the reason for the delay in processing a pension and gratuity payment in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare. [10218/10]
- Tax Code
Question 167: To ask the Minister for Finance his views on calls from a combined heat and power supplier for a full relief from the proposed carbon tax for electricity generated from CHP plants;...
- Local Government Staff
Question 168: To ask the Minister for Finance if he has replied to a request from Cork County Council on behalf of the South West Regional Authority seeking authorisation for that authority to...
- Job Creation
Question 169: To ask the Minister for Finance the number of jobs that would be created if the public sector recruitment embargo was lifted; the number of positions that would be advertised; the...
- Departmental Staff
Question 170: To ask the Minister for Finance the number of posts unfilled in his Department because of the embargo on recruitment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10291/10]
- Ministerial Appointments
Question 171: To ask the Minister for Finance if the person to be charged with deciding a residual value in Anglo Irish shares has yet been appointed; and if persons making tax returns are being...
- Tax Code
Question 172: To ask the Minister for Finance if the lone parent tax credit can be availed of by a separated parent who is substantially maintaining a child when they have entered into a new...
- Tax Clearance Certificates
Question 174: To ask the Minister for Finance the position regarding the renewal of C2 in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
- Business Closures
Question 176: To ask the Minister for Finance the number of businesses, both individuals and companies, across all sectors that have advised the Revenue Commissioners that they have ceased...
- Departmental Expenditure
Question 177: To ask the Minister for Finance the amount of expenditure incurred in the period 1 January 2009 to 31 December 2009, by his Department and also offices, agencies and any other...
- Flood Relief
Question 178: To ask the Minister for Finance the financial support made available in County Galway for each of the minor drainage works identified following the flooding in south Galway; the...
- Departmental Offices
Question 179: To ask the Minister for Finance if the Office of Public Works is still proceeding with the consolidation of the dispersed offices of the Department of Social and Family Affairs to...
- Department of Health and Children
- Children in Care
Question 180: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the position regarding the Child Care (Amendment) Bill 2009 whereby, at present, the Health Service Executive may continue to provide...
- Care of the Elderly
Question 181: To ask the Minister for Health and Children her views on establishing a policy review of the challenges of an aging population by way of a Green Paper or otherwise. [9928/10]
- Medical Cards
Question 182: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if a review of the financial assessment of a person (details supplied) in County Cork for eligibility for a full medical card will be...
- Medicinal Products
Question 183: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the developments in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Galway regarding their request to return to Ireland and receive...
- Health Services
Question 184: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the reason a person (details supplied) in County Longford who was approved for orthodontic treatment in January 2009 and was told there...
- Adoption Services
Question 186: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the reason the document on the standardised framework for the provision of a national information and tracing service is no longer...
- Nursing Homes Support Scheme
Question 189: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the position regarding the fair deal scheme in cases in which a patient is moved from a public psychiatric home to a nursing home; if...
- Mental Health Services
Question 191: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the process that will be provided to continue the care for psychiatric patients; the extra provisions that are in place to deal with the...
- Departmental Expenditure
Question 193: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the steps that have been taken to address the major deficiencies and waste of resources in the Department as reported in the newspapers...
- Health Services
Question 194: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will support the case of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 11. [9960/10]
- Nursing Homes Support Scheme
Question 196: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if property abroad can be taken into account in The Fair Deal Scheme. [9972/10]
- Health Services
Question 197: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will support the case of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 5. [9994/10]
- Medical Cards
Question 199: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the position regarding an application for a medical card in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Cork. [9996/10]
- Hospital Services
Question 200: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when a person (details supplied) in County Leitrim will receive surgery; and if this will be expedited. [10000/10]
- Departmental Schemes
Question 201: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the payments made, in each of the past three years, to individual doctors in County Mayo under the indicative drugs target savings...
- Health Services
Question 203: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when a person (details supplied) in County Kildare will receive a date for physiotherapy treatment; and if she will make a statement on...
- Mental Health Services
Question 204: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the position regarding the recommendations, in both the 1992 Green Paper on Mental Health and the 1996 White Paper A New Mental Health...
- Health Services
Question 206: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the reason a person (details supplied) has been ordered to repay the Health Service Executive a sum of money for long-stay charges; if...
- Hospital Waiting Lists
Question 208: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the average waiting time for an appointment with each specialist located at Beaumont Hospital, Dublin 9; and if she will make a...
- Foster Care
Question 209: To ask the Minister for Health and Children further to Parliamentary Question No. 284 of 20 October 2009, the number of children in foster care; the number under the age of five...
- Health Services
Question 210: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the timetable for the report of the Needs Assessment Committee which met for the first time on 4 February 2010; the terms of reference;...
- Accident and Emergency Services
Question 211: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if the agreed staffing levels are in place at the accident and emergency department of a hospital (details supplied); and if she will...
- Mental Health Services
Question 212: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the amount of land the Health Service Executive plans to sell off from the St. Conal's Hospital campus in Letterkenny, County Donegal;...
- Hospital Staff
Question 213: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if the Lifford Community Hospital and the Rock Hospital in Ballyshannon, County Donegal, are earmarked for closure; and the way it will...
- Hospital Services
Question 214: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when the clear air theatre at Naas General Hospital, County Kildare, will become fully operational; and if she will make a statement on...
- Health Services
Question 215: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the position regarding a health centre (details supplied) in County Kildare following a recent audit by health board officials; when it...
- Hospital Services
Question 216: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when hip replacement surgery will be offered to a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if she will make a statement on the...
- Health Services
Question 217: To ask the Minister for Health and Children further to Parliamentary Question No. 331 of 2 February 2010, the reason a formal reply has not yet been issued by the Health Service...
- Mental Health Services
Question 218: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will instruct the Health Service Executive to draw up new performance indicators together with supporting up-to-date data to...
- Health Services
Question 219: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will support the case of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 3. [10258/10]
- Medical Cards
Question 220: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if her attention has been drawn to inefficiency in the Health Service Executive which has seen medical card renewal forms sent to a...
- Departmental Staff
Question 221: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the number of posts unfilled in her Department because of the embargo on recruitment; and if she will make a statement on the matter. ...
- Medical Cards
Question 222: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the position regarding a medical card application in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Cork; and if she will make a...
- Hospital Services
Question 223: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the budget for Connolly Hospital, Blanchardstown, Dublin 15, for 2010; the budget for each of the past ten years; and if she will make...
- Medical Cards
Question 224: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if a person (details supplied) in County Mayo who has a medical card and who has to go privately to Galway to see a urologist will get...
- Health Services
Question 225: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the position regarding an outpatient appointment for a person (details supplied) in County Cork at Cork University Hospital. [10404/10]
- Drugs Payment Scheme
Question 227: To ask the Minister for Health and Children her plans to include herbal and alternative medicines in the drugs treatment scheme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. ...
- General Medical Services Scheme
Question 228: To ask the Minister for Health and Children her plans to include alternative therapies and treatments in the General Medical Services medical card scheme; and if she will make a...
- General Practitioner Training
Question 229: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the cost of each General Practitioner training place; how these places are funded; and if she will make a statement on the matter. ...
- Health Services
Question 230: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will investigate a matter (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [10412/10]
- Departmental Expenditure
Question 231: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the amount of expenditure incurred in the period 1 January 2009 to 31 December 2009, by her Department and also offices, agencies and...
- Departmental Staff
Question 232: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the number and grade of staff who qualified for performance-related pay prior to that payment being abolished in her Department; and the...
- Patient Transport
Question 233: To ask the Minister for Health and Children, further to Parliamentary Question No. 250 of 6 May 2009, if she will furnish the corresponding figure for 2009; and if she will make a...
- Food Safety Authority
Question 234: To ask the Minister for Health and Children further to Parliamentary Question No. 112 of 18 December 2008 and No. 253 of 17 February 2009, if she will furnish the corresponding...
- Hospital Accommodation
Question 235: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the number of acute hospital beds in each hospital that were unavailable in 2009 due to cost containment measures, infection control and...
- Mental Health Services
Question 236: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the reason there is such a wide variation in the administration of electroconvulsive therapy for the treatment of depression where only...
- Medical Cards
Question 237: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the additional cost to her Department and to the Health Service Executive of the change of centralisation of the medical card processing...
- Hospital Staff
Question 238: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she is satisfied herself that the appropriate number of consultants have been appointed to the various specialties at Portiuncula...
- Department of Transport
- Road Network
Question 239: To ask the Minister for Transport if funding will be provided for the local improvement scheme in 2010; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9930/10]
- Marine Rescue Service
Question 240: To ask the Minister for Transport the position regarding an application (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9880/10]
- Rail Services
Question 241: To ask the Minister for Transport if he will acknowledge Resolution No. 2 of the British-Irish Parliamentary Assembly's plenary meeting at Cavan on 23 February 2010 (details...
- Road Network
Question 242: To ask the Minister for Transport if his approval is required for the setting of a tolling scheme; if so, the occasions on which his consent was sought for each of the past three...
- EU Funding
Question 243: To ask the Minister for Transport the amount of funding received from the EU towards the construction of road projects in each of the past five years; and if he will make a...
- Public Transport
Question 244: To ask the Minister for Transport if he has considered the recent report by the Citizens Information Board regarding the difficulties rural persons experience in accessing...
- Departmental Staff
Question 246: To ask the Minister for Transport the number of posts unfilled in his Department because of the embargo on recruitment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10297/10]
- Traffic Management
Question 247: To ask the Minister for Transport his views on allowing chauffeur driven cars access to drive on bus lanes, thus giving the same access to routes as the taxi industry is permitted....
- Departmental Expenditure
Question 248: To ask the Minister for Transport the amount of expenditure incurred in the period 1 January 2009 to 31 December 2009, by his Department and also offices, agencies and any other...
- Departmental Staff
Question 249: To ask the Minister for Transport the number and grade of staff who qualified for performance related pay prior to that payment being abolished in his Department; and the pay...
- Department of Justice, Equality and Law Reform
- Garda Transport
Question 250: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform when the public order van will be restored to Carlow town; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9912/10]
- Stardust Report
Question 251: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if the relatives of Stardust Victims have been consulted regarding the composition of the committee recommended in the...
- Sexual Offences
Question 252: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of primary school teachers convicted of committing sexual offences against pupils since 1990; and if he will...
- Garda Investigations
Question 254: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if he has received the report from the Garda team which was sent to Slovakia to investigate the airport security exercise...
- Ground Rents
Question 255: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if his attention has been drawn to the fact that the legal representatives of ground landlords are demanding arrears of...
- Garda Recruitment
Question 257: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the discussions that have taken place within the European Union regarding serving police officers to join neighbouring...
- Citizenship Applications
Question 262: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the position regarding an application for naturalisation in respect of persons (details supplied) who have been living here...
- Asylum Applications
Question 263: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform when a decision will be made in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Cork; and if he will make a statement on...
- Departmental Investigations
Question 264: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if he will report on a matter (details supplied). [9993/10]
- Residency Permits
Question 265: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the reasons for the refusal of a decision on the EU Treaty Rights application for residency in the State by a person...
- Garda Deployment
Question 266: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of Gardaí currently in service in each of the following divisions Sligo-Leitrim, Donegal, Cavan-Monaghan, and...
- Citizenship Applications
Question 267: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform when a decision will be made on an application for citizenship in respect of a person (details supplied) in County...
- Crime Prevention
Question 268: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the steps he is taking to address white collar crime; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10026/10]
- Residency Permits
Question 269: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the position regarding an application for residency in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if he...
- Garda Training
Question 270: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the details of the new training programme for the Garda Síochána; if it will affect people waiting on a panel to commence...
- Closed Circuit Television Systems
Question 271: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if he will make funding available through Pobal for the reintroduction of the closed circuit television scheme; and if he...
- Departmental Investigations
Question 272: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if he will support the case of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 13; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
- Drug Treatment Programme
Question 273: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform his views on the need for protocols governing the administering of methadone to persons in Garda custody; and if he will...
- Garda Deployment
Question 274: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of gardaí employed in the national drugs squad when it was first set up in 1996; the number of gardaí employed...
- Office of the Ombudsman
Question 275: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if, in view of his proposal to include the Courts Service under the remit of the Ombudsman, he will include the Office of...
- Proposed Legislation
Question 276: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform his plans for the proposed new Court Funds Office; the functions of this office; the establishment date; the way it will...
- Departmental Funding
Question 277: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if he will support a matter (details supplied) in Dublin 17. [10102/10]
- Liquor Licensing Laws
Question 278: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the relevant legislation that is applied to off-licence premises; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10219/10]
- International Women's Day
Question 279: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform his plans to mark International Women's Day on 8 March 2010; if he will list the progress made regarding women's role in...
- Residency Permits
Question 280: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the position regarding an application for residency in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Waterford; and if...
- Asylum Applications
Question 281: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the position regarding an application for residency in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Cork; and if he...
- Citizenship Applications
Question 287: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the position regarding an application for naturalisation in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Dublin; and...
- Departmental Correspondence
Question 289: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if he will arrange to meet the parties in relation to correspondence received from persons (details supplied) in Dublin 20;...
- Asylum Applications
Question 290: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform when a decision will be made in regard to an application for leave to remain by a person (details supplied) in County Cork;...
- Departmental Funding
Question 292: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the amount of State funding the Federation for Victim Assistance has received for each of the years 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008,...
- Departmental Staff
Question 293: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of posts unfilled in his Department because of the embargo on recruitment; and if he will make a statement on...
- Firearms Licences
Question 294: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if his attention has been drawn to the fact that there have been three successful appeals to pistol licence refusals by...
- Prison Committals
Question 295: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of persons committed to prison for non-payment of fines and non-payment of debt in the year 2009. [10326/10]
- Visa Applications
Question 296: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the position regarding an application for a visa in respect of persons (details supplied); and if he will make a statement...
- Garda Recruitment
Question 297: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform when he expects there will be further recruitment to the Garda Síochána; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
- Citizenship Applications
Question 298: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform his views on correspondence (details supplied) in respect of a person seeking naturalisation; and if he will make a...
- Garda Stations
Question 299: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the money that will be spent on a Garda station (details supplied); the nature of the works planned to be carried out; and...
- Departmental Expenditure
Question 300: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the amount of expenditure incurred in the period 1 January 2009 to 31 December 2009 by his Department and by offices,...
- Departmental Staff
Question 301: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number and grade of staff who qualified for performance-related pay prior to that payment being abolished in his...
- Department of Foreign Affairs
- International Agreements
Question 302: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs the position regarding his objectives to maximise the area of the continental shelf under Irish jurisdiction; and if he will make a...
- Departmental Staff
Question 303: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs his plans to recruit people to work in Irish embassies; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9963/10]
- Visa Applications
Question 304: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs if he will request that a representative of the Australian Government meet with a group of Irish doctors (details supplied) who were...
- International Agreements
Question 305: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs if he will support the campaign to suspend the trade agreement with Colombia in view of the treatment of trade union activists there; and if...
- International Relations
Question 306: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs the contacts he has had with the Government of Kenya; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10119/10]
- Departmental Staff
Question 308: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs the number of posts unfilled in his Department because of the embargo on recruitment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10292/10]
- Human Rights Issues
Question 309: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs if his attention has been drawn to the British Prime Minister's apology for the child migrants programme, which sent 15,000 children between...
- Passport Security
Question 310: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs the reporting arrangements for recording details of passports that have been lost or stolen; the action being taken to use those details to...
- International Agreements
Question 311: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs the stage of the association agreement between the European Union and Syria; the reason there has been a delay in signing an agreement; and...
- Passport Applications
Question 312: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs if he has approved of the use of Irish passports or travel documentation by persons who are not Irish citizens at the request of other...
- Departmental Expenditure
Question 314: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs the amount of expenditure incurred in the period 1 January 2009 to 31 December 2009 by his Department and by offices, agencies and any other...
- Departmental Staff
Question 315: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs the number and grade of staff who qualified for performance-related pay prior to that payment being abolished in his Department; and the pay...
- Department of Arts, Sport and Tourism
- Departmental Expenditure
Question 317: To ask the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism the amount of expenditure incurred in the period 1 January 2009 to 31 December 2009, by his Department and also offices, agencies...
- Departmental Staff
Question 318: To ask the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism the number and grade of staff who qualified for performance related pay prior to that payment being abolished in his Department; and...
- Department of Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs
- Údarás na Gaeltachta
Question 319: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs the date for elections to Údarás na Gaeltachta in 2010; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9989/10]
- Community Development
Question 320: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs if a review of RAPID area boundaries has taken place; if any changes have resulted; and if he will make a statement...
- Údarás na Gaeltachta
Question 321: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs the date for elections to Údarás Na Gaeltachta in 2010; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10062/10]
- Charities Regulation
Question 322: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs the control measures that exist in respect of collectors of old clothes who leave plastic bags at domestic premises...
- Departmental Expenditure
Question 323: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs the amount of money spent on communications and public relations for the new National Drugs Strategy 2009 to 2016; if...
- Departmental Staff
Question 324: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs the number of posts unfilled in his Department because of the embargo on recruitment; and if he will make a statement...
- Departmental Expenditure
Question 325: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs the amount of expenditure incurred in the period 1 January 2009 to 31 December 2009, by his Department and also...
- Departmental Staff
Question 326: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs the number and grade of staff who qualified for performance related pay prior to that payment being abolished in his...
- Department of Social and Family Affairs
- Civil Registrations
Question 327: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs if there are circumstances in which a fada or other accent would be excluded from a certificate of birth, death or marriage; and...
- Social Welfare Benefits
Question 328: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs if the European Globalisation Fund available to workers of a company (details supplied) for training and enterprise projects will...
- Educational Qualifications
Question 329: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the number of persons under 25 years on the live register who do not hold a leaving certificate qualification; and if she will...
- Pension Provisions
Question 330: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs if a person (details supplied) in County Mayo will switch to half-rate carers allowance and contributory State pension on reaching...
- Social Welfare Benefits
Question 331: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs if she will support the case of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 3. [9888/10]
- Social Welfare Appeals
Question 339: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs when a decision will issue on an illness benefit appeal in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Cork; if an oral...
- Social Welfare Benefits
Question 340: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the reason a person (details supplied) in County Longford has had their disability allowance discontinued and has been requested...
- Social Insurance
Question 347: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs if a person (details supplied) in County Cork will be entitled to a refund of PRSI contributions paid in view of the fact that...
- Pensions Provisions
Question 348: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the position regarding the case of a person (details supplied) in County Cork; and if she will make a statement on the matter....
- Social Welfare Benefits
Question 349: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the position regarding an application in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Sligo; and if she will make a statement...
- Unemployment Levels
Question 350: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the number of persons on the live register at the Tallaght office at end of January 2007, 2008, 2009 and 2010; and if she will...
- Social Welfare Benefits
Question 351: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the reason for the delay in processing an application by a person (details supplied) for farm assist, lodged in September 2009;...
- Social Welfare Appeals
Question 353: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the reason an administrative error is being allowed to lead to the possible eviction of a person (details supplied) in County...
- Social Welfare Benefits
Question 354: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the amount paid out by the State in 2009 on rent supplements. [10121/10]
- Social Insurance
Question 356: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs if she will investigate the refusal and allow further contributions to be added to the records for a person (details supplied) in...
- Social Welfare Benefits
Question 357: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs when child benefit will be restored in the case of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 15; and if she will make a statement on...
- Pension Provisions
Question 359: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs if a person (details supplied) in County Kildare qualifies for old age pension; and if she will make a statement on the matter....
- Social Welfare Benefits
Question 360: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the position regarding an application for jobseeker's allowance in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Dublin; when...
- Pension Provisions
Question 363: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the position regarding a pension in respect of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 16; if voluntary contributions could be made...
- Social Welfare Benefits
Question 364: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs if it is now the practice each month to notify jobseeker's benefit recipients the next time and place for collection of that...
- Departmental Staff
Question 365: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the number of posts unfilled in her Department because of the embargo on recruitment; and if she will make a statement on the...
- Social Welfare Benefits
Question 366: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs if she will expedite a claim for jobseeker's allowance in respect of a person (details supplied). [10328/10]
- Social Welfare Appeals
Question 369: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs if she will expedite an appeal against a decision not to award carer's allowance in respect of a person (details supplied) in...
- Social Insurance
Question 371: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the number of persons who have made PRSI Class S contributions who have applied or inquired about seeking jobseeker's benefit in...
- Social Welfare Appeals
Question 373: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the position regarding an appeal for domiciliary benefit in respect of a person (details supplied). [10386/10]
- Social Welfare Benefits
Question 374: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the plans she has with the Department of Social Services in the UK to expedite the claims process for illness benefit for persons...
- Departmental Expenditure
Question 376: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the amount of expenditure incurred in the period 1 January 2009 to 31 December 2009 by her Department and also offices, agencies...
- Departmental Staff
Question 377: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the number and grade of staff who qualified for performance related pay prior to that payment being abolished in her Department;...
- Social Welfare Benefits
Question 378: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs if a person (details supplied) in County Cork will get a companion free travel pass in place of sole use pass. [10596/10]
- Social Welfare Appeals
Question 379: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the waiting time for an assessment and appeal process to social welfare schemes at centres in Gort, Tuam, Loughrea and...
- Departmental Expenditure
Question 380: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the cost of child benefit for each of the years 2007, 2008 and 2009 to parents of children here, in EU countries and to the...
- Social Welfare Benefits
Question 381: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the number of persons on the back to education allowance for each of the years 2007, 2008 and 2009; the cost for each of these...
- Flood Relief
Question 382: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the cost in 2009 and to date in 2010 of assistance to the flood victims in County Galway that is south Galway and Ballinasloe;...
- Social Welfare Benefits
Question 383: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the reason so many applicants for disability allowance which is means tested are being refused this allowance without medical...
- Pension Provisions
Question 385: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the reasons an application for a non-contributory pension in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Galway which was...
- Department of Defence
- Overseas Missions
Question 386: To ask the Minister for Defence the reasons for seven Irish citizens being assigned to Afghanistan; the number who are military personnel; the duties to which each person is...
- Departmental Staff
Question 387: To ask the Minister for Defence the number of posts unfilled in his Department because of the embargo on recruitment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10287/10]
- Overseas Missions
Question 388: To ask the Minister for Defence the cost to date of involvement of Irish soldiers in military exercises within the Nordic Battle Group; when the exercises were conducted; and if...
- Departmental Expenditure
Question 390: To ask the Minister for Defence the amount of expenditure incurred in the period 1 January 2009 to 31 December 2009, by his Department and also offices, agencies and any other...
- Departmental Staff
Question 391: To ask the Minister for Defence the number and grade of staff who qualified for performance related pay prior to that payment being abolished in his Department; and the pay scales...
- Department of Environment, Heritage and Local Government
- Water and Sewerage Schemes
Question 392: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he is in a position to provide funding for a scheme (details supplied) in County Kildare as provided for...
- Waste Management
Question 393: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government his plans to ensure that food producers and processors reduce the amount of packaging used on food products;...
- Local Authority Charges
Question 394: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government his views on whether it is reasonable that the imposition of a €200 charge per dwelling unit is payable...
- Local Authority Housing
Question 395: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he has received a report from Dublin City Council on the safety issues which led to the council...
- Coastal Zone Management
Question 396: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government his views on the report and recommendations submitted to his Department by the Dublin Bay Task Force and...
- Proposed Legislation
Question 397: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government his plans for legislation and policy regarding foreshore licensing and planning; and if he will make a...
- Planning Issues
Question 398: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he will exercise the powers conferred on him by sections 4, 176 and 262 of the Planning and Development...
- Proposed Legislation
Question 399: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government when he intends to publish the water services Bill; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9954/10]
- Foreshore Licences
Question 400: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if an application has been made for a foreshore licence and for wave power research at Ballinskelligs Bay,...
- Traveller Accommodation
Question 401: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the process whereby a contract has been awarded to a company for the construction of a halting site (details...
- Building Regulations
Question 402: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the progress made regarding Recommendation 17 of the National Consumer Agency report Putting the Consumer...
- Local Authority Staff
Question 403: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the number and grade of staff who qualified for performance related pay prior to that pay being abolished in...
- Nuclear Plants
Question 404: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if, in view of his silence on the British Government's proposal to construct seven new nuclear power...
- Private Rented Accommodation
Question 405: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the changes he will make following the completion of the review of the provisions of the Residential...
- Local Authority Staff
Question 406: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if it is his policy to preclude local authorities from replacing staff who have retired from their duties,...
- Control of Dogs
Question 407: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the number of dog wardens employed by each local authority; if each local authority has a dog pound; the cost...
- Water and Sewerage Schemes
Question 408: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he will provide funding for an upgrade of a treatment plant (details supplied) in County Kildare. [10081/10]
- Departmental Agencies
Question 409: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he gave consent for additional borrowing for the Dublin Docklands Development Authority to engage in its...
- Election Management System
Question 410: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government his plans for the disposal of the e-voting machines in view of his announcement in April 2009 that he was...
- Private Rented Accommodation
Question 412: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if his attention has been drawn to the ongoing difficulties with dispute resolution in the Private...
- Local Authority Funding
Question 413: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if his attention has been drawn to the fact that when a property becomes vacant during the course of the...
- Water and Sewerage Schemes
Question 415: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if it is expected to allocate the necessary funding to Kildare County Council to enable a scheme (details...
- Local Authority Housing
Question 416: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government further to Parliamentary Question No. 574 of 2 February 2010, when approval will be granted for a funding...
- Building Regulations
Question 417: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government his plans to review the existing Part E of the building regulations which applies to acoustics insulation...
- Departmental Correspondence
Question 418: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he will respond to correspondence (details supplied) regarding the Dog Breeding Establishments Bill 2009....
- Ministerial Appointments
Question 419: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government when he will appoint a chairperson and nominate the membership of various boards relating to registration of...
- Local Government Staff
Question 420: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government when he received a request from Cork County Council, on behalf of the South West Regional Authority, seeking...
- Water and Sewerage Schemes
Question 422: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government when the sewerage and water priority list will be issued in respect of County Westmeath. [10277/10]
- Departmental Staff
Question 425: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the number of posts unfilled in his Department because of the embargo on recruitment; and if he will make a...
- Alternative Energy Projects
Question 426: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he will amend the National Spatial Strategy with a view to allow local development plans in each local...
- Housing Schemes
Question 427: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government when a decision will be made on the application made by an organisation (details supplied) in respect of a...
- Registration Fees
Question 428: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he will raise the matter of costs of registering as an architect here with an organisation (details...
- Local Authority Housing
Question 429: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the levels of building energy rating certification in local authority housing on a county basis in a tabular...
- Ministerial Meetings
Question 430: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the number of meetings he has had with the European Commissioner for Research, Innovation and Science or the...
- EU Directives
Question 431: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if his Department has received sanction from the European Commission over the past six months with regard to...
- Fire Stations
Question 432: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the position regarding an application for money to make alterations to a fire station (details supplied); and...
- Water and Sewerage Schemes
Question 434: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he will provide sufficient money in 2010 to complete the renewal of public water piping in Waterford City....
- Local Authority Housing
Question 435: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the amount of money he will supply in 2010 to refurbish the Waterford City Council housing stock; and if he...
- Environmental Policy
Question 436: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he will respond to a letter dated 14 January 2010 from a person (details supplied); and if he will make a...
- Local Authority Housing
Question 437: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government further to Parliamentary Question No. 349 of 26 May 2009, the position regarding an application by Wexford...
- Departmental Expenditure
Question 439: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the amount of expenditure incurred in the period 1 January 2009 to 31 December 2009, by his Department and...
- Departmental Staff
Question 440: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the number and grade of staff who qualified for performance related pay prior to that payment being abolished...
- Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources
- Energy Conservation
Question 441: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the planned roll out of the National Insulation and Conservation Retrofit Programme; the dates, targets for...
- Postal Services
Question 442: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if his attention has been drawn to the fact that non-delivered items in Rush, Lusk, Oldtown and Garristown in...
- Fishing Vessel Licences
Question 443: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the reason there is a difference in the cost of a licence (details supplied) for draft fishermen in different...
- Telecommunications Services
Question 444: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources regarding the national roll-out of broadband contracted to 3 by his Department, if he will clarify matters for...
- Energy Conservation
Question 445: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources when work under the warmer homes scheme will be carried out on the home of a person (details supplied) in...
- Telecommunications Services
Question 446: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if he has examined and had discussions with his Cabinet colleagues regarding the recently published Forfás...
- Community Development
Question 447: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if he is satisfied that all allocations made under the salmon hardship fund community support scheme were made...
- Departmental Staff
Question 448: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the number of posts unfilled in his Department because of the embargo on recruitment; and if he will make a...
- Alternative Energy Projects
Question 450: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the number of companies or individuals involved in production of ethanol or bio-diesel; the number of such...
- Telecommunications Services
Question 452: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the degree to which investment in the telecoms sector is required to ensure modernisation and upgrading in line...
- Alternative Energy Projects
Question 453: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the extent to which he expects alternative energy sources in each category to meet the energy requirements over...
- Natural Gas Grid
Question 454: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources when he expects supply of gas from the Corrib Gas field to become available for connection through the national...
- Telecommunications Services
Question 455: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the number of service providers now involved in the provision of broadband throughout the country; the degree...
- Postal Services
Question 457: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources his policy proposals to prepare on An Post for the implications of full deregulation; and if he will make a...
- National Grid
Question 458: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the number of applications for connection to the national electricity grid outstanding; the capacity of such...
- Offshore Exploration
Question 459: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the number of oil, gas or other exploration licences granted in each of the past five years to date in 2010;...
- Broadcasting Sector
Question 460: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the discussions he has had with the Broadcasting Authority of Ireland with a view to keeping up to date on...
- Departmental Expenditure
Question 464: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the amount of expenditure incurred in the period 1 January 2009 to 31 December 2009, by his Department and also...
- Departmental Staff
Question 465: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the number and grade of staff who qualified for performance related pay prior to that payment being abolished...
- Telecommunications Services
Question 466: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources further to Parliamentary Question No. 396 of 28 April 2009, the position regarding same; and if he will make a...
- Department of Agriculture and Food
- Grant Payments
Question 467: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food when a decision will be made on an application under the early retirement scheme in respect of a person (details supplied)...
- Legislative Programme
Question 470: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the reason for the delay in publishing the Breeding Establishment Legislation and the Animal Health and Welfare Bill; if...
- Rural Environment Protection Scheme
Question 471: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if REP scheme inspectors are obliged to notify REP scheme participants regarding inspection, prior to inspection. [9937/10]
- Grant Payments
Question 472: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the action he has taken to expedite REP scheme payment to persons in South Kerry. [9938/10]
- Rural Environment Protection Scheme
Question 474: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the position regarding participants in the REP scheme who die and the possibility of the entitlement of their successors in...
- EU Directives
Question 475: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the position regarding the compulsory electronic identification of sheep; if the single farm payment of farmers who do not...
- Grant Payments
Question 476: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food when a person (details supplied) in County Mayo will receive their REP scheme payment. [10017/10]
- Food Labelling
Question 479: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food his plans to encourage people to purchase food produced in their own locality, thus supporting local producers and local...
- Grant Payments
Question 480: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food when a person (details supplied) in County Monaghan will expect to receive their suckler cow payment; and if he will make a...
- Departmental Staff
Question 481: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the number of posts unfilled in his Department because of the embargo on recruitment; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Grant Payments
Question 482: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if he will make grant payments or deferred payments under the Bioenergy Scheme 2009, in view of the fact that these have...
- Farm Retirement Scheme
Question 498: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food when the early retirement scheme will be awarded to a person (details supplied) in County Laois; and if he will make a...
- Grant Payments
Question 499: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the reason a person (details supplied) in County Longford who repaid money given to them in error under the area based...
- Live Exports
Question 501: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the reason it is not possible to get Irish cattle killed in European factories; the rules and regulations that are in place...
- Afforestation Programme
Question 502: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the amount of land under forestry; the extent of which is in public and private ownership; the extent of harvesting carried...
- Departmental Expenditure
Question 503: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the amount of expenditure incurred between January 2009 to 31 December 2009 by his Department and also offices, agencies and...
- Departmental Staff
Question 504: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the number and grade of staff who qualified for performance related pay prior to that payment being abolished in his...
- Grant Payments
Question 505: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the reason a person (details supplied) has not received their 2009 REP scheme and other schemes payments and only 75% of...
